The Hardest Puzzle On Chess.com

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[jacksonborst]

Pretty sure game 6 between Nepo and Magnus was shorter than this puzzle

[simongarcia]

I love watching tyson fury solving chess puzzles

[Monosekist]

Imagine if one day chess becomes a solved game and they make a puzzle that’s just the starting position.

[ruchir.]

I want to see Hikaru making arrows on the second puzzle!

[jmpompey]

"I encourage you to pause the video and try to solve it" spends a minute trying to figure out which colour I am

[jonathanhenderson]

I feel like if I had several hours (maybe a day) I could solve that first puzzle just through brute force calculation since there's a relatively limited number of variations given the remaining pieces and situation. That second puzzle, though, is something I don't know if I'd ever be able to solve. Too many possible movies that look like they're winning only to find out they're not because of some hard-to-see response, combined with a very counter-intuitive "computer-like" move to cap it off. Still, the logic is very pretty, just incredibly complex and way above my 1700 ELO paygrade.

[mychessnotebook]

First-class explanation, Mr. Copeland! This was very instructive--reminding us to look for quiet moves, to consider _all_ legal responses of our opponent, to not be greedy and cash in early while attacking, and to stifle our opponent's counterplay.

[macnolds]

Second one felt more like a "position" than a "puzzle", if you know what I mean. As Sam said, it's not the kind of thing you really figure out ahead of time step-by-step. You just keep reacting and trying to find the best move. (I did not find the best move each time, obviously).

First one wasn't that bad. Just had to figure out which Queen check was right and why. There weren't that many options.

[masterxyr]

hahahahaha
"pause the video and solve it"
how many reincarnations do I get?

[CallMeQuinnie]

Copeland easily one of the best to make these breakdowns!! Thanks for all you guys do!!

[northzealand]

9. Qxh8 - Stockfish 12 -at depth 42 evaluates postion to be a mate in 31 moves ! That means is a mate in 40 puzzle

[markeastridge]

Lesson in first puzzle reminded me of a simple clear memory of a roommate hollering frustration playing on FICS in the mid 90s. Dan: “I can’t figure out how to keep my tempo and looks like big problems” me: “gotta quiet move?” Dan “thanks!”

[licha]

I found the king to G4 from the start so I think I'm a GM LOL 😂😹

[yusouph]

I actually found this mate in 4 after about 10-15 minutes of thinking. But the last position is just a nightmare

[johnnon]

Learning how to solve 3953 rated puzzles while i cant solve the 1500 rated ones

[zarian]

By 3:53 you can play rook on f5. Only the pawn will be able to take the rook. After pawn takes, you play queen on g7. King only can move to h5 and than it’s pawn checkmate. Beautiful rooksec.

[thatsradillionactually]

The first one was inutuitive and easy but the second one was quite impossible

[jasonsun]

Me: Cracks first puzzle faster than Sam could say a syllable
Also me: Misses mate in 2

[halfaheartbongobongo]

That second one doesn't look like a puzzle - it looks like the analysis of a Fischer or Morphy game lmao. The epitome of "when you see a good move, look for better."